Also in Deuteronomy 23, talks about escaped slaves. Okay, imagine you've somehow crossed the wilderness and come to the hebrew nation.

You're weakened from the trek - and not only that, your back is a total mess, from prior abuse.  Per the Lord God's law, the hebrews are to give you sanctuary - while, among the pagan nations, escaped slaves were quickly dimed out.  And, by the way, you have no idea who your daddy is - and you don't even know if your mom knows who sired you.  That makes you a b-tard, and so, you can't attend the hebrew's church.

But there you are.  For the first time, in too long a time, you have a job where your boss doesn't beat/headgame the tar out of you for ...puah...sheets and giggles.  Also, you are paid well enough to atleast eat regular, and actually have two changes of clean clothing.  And a pair of shoes, that don't have holes.  

So, there you are, doing some kind of farm job - basically, like most everyone else.   Where you came from, work was basically the stuff that only the vast majority of common folks did.  Work was looked down upon, by the slim minority of the wealthy class - who, by the way, got their money by any means; if that meant ripping off old people ... oh flipping well!  

Where you come from, whatever gods that were worshipped, were also social darwinistic, as all get out.  Where you come from, gods are all a bunch of headgamers that you have to kiss up to - like the elephant in the room, who just took yet another dump, where you're from, folks said little about the obvious; that is, if they even thought their gods were, at best, a waste of headspace.

But here, where you are working now...even though, you are excluded from church, here and there, little by little, you've heard things about the hebrew's Lord God.  Things you never, ever have heard before, about any other god.  Mind boggling, actually.  

The hebrew's Lord God has commands against ripping off customers, beating servants, mistreating poor people, favoring one wife's provisions over another's.

Wow, very different.  More later, got to get ready for work.